A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2; son of: Japheth (H3315); brother of: Gomer (H1586), Magog (H4031), Javan (H3120), Tubal (H8422), Meshech (H4902) and Tiras (H8494) § Media or Medes or Madai = "middle land" 1) a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media 2) land inhabited by the descendants of Japheth; located northwest of Persia proper, south and southwest of the Caspian Sea, east of Armenia and Assyria, and west and northwest of the great salt desert of Iram
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H4074 — מָדַי
ma.day · Madai · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 10:2 · וּמָדַ֖יThe sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.2 Kings 17:6 · מָדָֽי׃ פIn the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.2 Kings 18:11 · מָדָֽי׃And the king of Assyria carried Israel away unto Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,1 Chronicles 1:5 · וּמָדַ֖יThe sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.Esther 1:3 · וּמָדַ֗יin the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him;Esther 1:14 · וּמָדַ֗יand the next unto him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom),Esther 1:18 · וּמָדַ֗יAnd this day will the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the deed of the queen say the like unto all the king’s princes. So will there arise much contempt and wrath.Esther 1:19 · וּמָדַ֖יIf it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.Esther 10:2 · מָדַ֥יAnd all the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?Isaiah 13:17 · מָדָ֑יBehold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.Isaiah 21:2 · מָדַ֔יA grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.Jeremiah 25:25 · מָדָֽי׃and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;Jeremiah 51:11 · מָדַ֔יMake sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.Jeremiah 51:28 · מָדַ֔יPrepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of their dominion.Daniel 8:20 · מָדַ֥יThe ram which thou sawest, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.Daniel 9:1 · מָדָ֑יIn the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,